Jeremias 37:15

15 Thy sins have abounded beyond the multitude of thine iniquities, they have done these things to thee. Therefore all that devour thee shall be eaten, and all thine enemies shall eat all their flesh.

Jeremias 37:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:15

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah
For attempting to depart the city, and go off to the Chaldeans, as Irijah had suggested to them, and to whom they hearkened; and perhaps would not hear what the prophet had to say for himself; and if they did, it had no weight with them: and smote him;
either with their fists, or with rods, or a scourge; perhaps he underwent the punishment of forty stripes save one, according to the law; and they may be said to smite or beat him, because they ordered it to be done: and put him in prison, in the house of Jonathan the scribe;
or secretary of state; such an one as Elishama was in Jehoiakim's time, who had a house or apartment at court as he had, who was now dead or removed, ( Jeremiah 36:12 ) ; for they had made that the prison;
which had not used to be; but by the courtiers, and with the consent of this scribe, secretary, or chancellor, it was made a prison; not for common malefactors, but for state prisoners; and a bad prison it seems it was. Very probably this scribe was a very cruel wicked man, who used those very ill that were his prisoners; and indeed, if he had not been of such a character, he would scarcely have suffered his house to have been made a prison.

Jeremias 37:15 In-Context

13 There is none to judge thy cause: thou hast been painfully treated for healing, there is no help for thee.

14 All thy friends have forgotten thee; they shall not ask at all, for I have smitten thee with he stroke of an enemy, severe correction: thy sins have abounded above all thine iniquity.

15 Thy sins have abounded beyond the multitude of thine iniquities, they have done these things to thee. Therefore all that devour thee shall be eaten, and all thine enemies shall eat all their flesh.

16 And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered thee.

17 For I will bring about thy healing, I will heal thee of thy grievous wound, saith the Lord; for thou art called Dispersed: she is your prey, for no one seeks after her.